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Key Teaching Strategies: Five-step implementation
process to secure support, train teachers, plan implementation,
train students, and maintain a successful
program.
Type of Material: Manual.
Cost: $25.
Student Mediator Manual for Middle and High
Schools. 1995. Pat Lewis, Eileen McAvoy, Pamela
Sherman, and Shelvia Whitehurst. Mediation Network
of North Carolina, P.O. Box 241, Chapel Hill,
NC 27514–0241.
Phone: 919–929–6333
Audience: Student mediators in middle and high
school.
Focus: To serve as a guide for student mediators
during training and as a reference after they become
practitioners. Topics include mediator responsibilities,
confidentiality, stages of mediation, preparing
for the mediation session, staying in control of the
mediation, a checklist for a good resolution, and
samples of helpful forms.
Key Teaching Strategies: Practice exercises to
develop reflective and active listening skills and
communication skills; reminder forms.
Type of Material: Manual (32 pages, soft-cover,
spiral-bound).
Cost: $7.
Students Resolving Conflict: Peer Mediation in
Schools. 1995. Richard Cohen, GoodYear Books,
Scott Foresman and Company, 1900 East Lake
Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025. NCJ 160061.
Phone: 617–876–6074
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To guide educators in implementing peer
mediation programs in their schools. Theory and
practice of mediation, including overview of conflict
resolution and mediation theory, technical assistance
for implementing a program, conflict resolution
lessons for delivery to all students, program forms,
and mediation transcripts.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, discussion,
brainstorming, games, worksheets, and group dialog.
Type of Material: Text.
Cost: $14.95.
B–13
Training and Implementation Guide for Student Mediation
in Elementary Schools. 1990. Sara Keeney
and Jean Sidwell. NCJ 160378.
Training and Implementation Guide for Student Mediation
in Secondary Schools. 1990. Melinda Smith
and Jean Sidwell. NCJ 160379.
New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution, 620
Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades K–5 and 6–12.
Focus: To prepare school staff to implement a
schoolwide mediation program.
Key Teaching Strategies: Small- and large-group
activities, brainstorming, and other experiential
learning strategies.
Type of Material: Step-by-step staff implementation
guide and mediation training curriculum.
Cost: $35.
Training Middle School Conflict Managers. 1996.
Training High School Conflict Managers. 1996.
Community Board Program, Inc., 1540 Market
Street, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Phone: 415–552–1250
Audience: Grades 6–9 and 9–12.
Focus: To prepare high school students to be conflict
managers who will help their peers resolve
disputes peacefully.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, simulations,
group discussion, experiential practice of skills, and
recordkeeping.
Type of Material: Training and implementation
manual.
Cost: $17.
Peaceable Classroom
Conflict Resolution in the Middle School. 1994.
William Kreidler, Educators for Social Responsibility,
23 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Phone: 617–492–1764
Audience: Grades 6–8.
Focus: To teach conflict resolution skills.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, writing
a journal, minilectures, brainstorming, microlabs,
and small-group discussion.